Question

I have a windows service that runs fine, but I have to have it run under a special user account.

Currently I go into services and change the logon as section, but for deployment this has to be done more professionally.

Is there a way for me to have it logon as a custom user account programatically, or during the installation process of the service?

Answer 1

When you open the Service COntrol Manager,(SCM), of course,there is a tab labeled Logon.. In there you can specify which domain or machine account it should run under…

But programatically. if you use a Service Installer class in your code you can specify it there..

 public class MyServiceInstaller : Installer     {         private ServiceInstaller servInst;         private ServiceProcessInstaller servProcInst;         public MyServiceInstaller () { InitializeComponent(); }          #region Component Designer generated code         private void InitializeComponent()         {             servInst = new ServiceInstaller();             servProcInst = new ServiceProcessInstaller();             // -----------------------------------------------             servProcInst.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem; // or whatever accnt you want             servProcInst.Username = null;  // or, specify a specifc acct here             servProcInst.Password = null;             servProcInst.AfterInstall +=                  new InstallEventHandler(this.AfterServProcInstall);             servInst.ServiceName = 'MyService';             servInst.DisplayName = 'Display name for MyService';             servInst.Description = ' Description for my service';             servInst.StartType = ServiceStartMode.Automatic;             servInst.AfterInstall +=                 new InstallEventHandler(this.AfterServiceInstall);             Installers.AddRange(new Installer[] { servProcInst, servInst });         }         #endregion     }     private void AfterServiceInstall(object sender, InstallEventArgs e) { }     private void AfterServProcInstall(object sender, InstallEventArgs e) { }